BPCC demands Rs 10 lakh compensation for Lakhisarai victims

Patna, Aug 3(UNI) The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee(BPCC) today demanded the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh and a government job to the next of Lakhisarai victims' kins.

Altogether 32 labourers were killed and 16 injured when a truck carrying them fell into a river under Lakhisarai police station yesterday.

The BPCC president said a dwelling unit under Indira Awas Yojna should also be given to each victim's family.

The party also formed a team of seven members headed by senior leader Dr Mahachandra Prasad Singh to visit the site of accident.

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